Factors affecting species distribution predictions: A simulation modeling experiment

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 554-564

  Reese, Gordon C ^a   Wilson, Kenneth R ^a   Hoeting, Jennifer A ^a   Flather, Curtis H ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Autologistic regression model; Detection probability; Environmental data error; Habitat relationship modeling; Prediction accuracy assessment; Roadside survey; Sample data; Sample size; Sampling bias; Spatial contiguity; Species range

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; PREDICTION; SAMPLING BIAS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EID: 15944423629     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5374     Document Type: Article

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